Ecker Seeks Continued Leadership at Metropolitan Life
Frederick H. Ecker, 82, Metropolitan Life chairman, plans to extend his 67-year tenure. He will reportedly shift to honorary chairman next Jan. 1 while LeRoy Lincoln becomes chairman and Charles Taylor Jr. president. Ecker champions conservative investments and a large housing program supporting about 130,000 people.
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New York
Frederick H. Ecker
Financial World
Metrolitan Life Insurance Co
Sargest Financial Institution
Metropolitan
Ecker
LeRoy A. Lincoln
Charles G. Tay
Lincoln
Taylor
Metropolitian
Ecker Jong
United States
Meredith College Glee Club Plans Five Concerts in Tar Heel Cities
The 36 member Meredith College Glee Club led by Beatrice Donley announces five appearances in March. They travel by bus to Charlotte for sacred music at First Baptist, Winston-Salem for an eight o’clock concert, High Point at Green Street Baptist, Salisbury, and Oxford, with host homes for members and Meredith alumnae. Officers are Josephine Snow president Bettie Compton vice president Mary Evelyn Brown secretary treasurer Jean Olive librarian and Betty Jo Smith business manager.
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Raleigh
Meredith College Glee Club
Beatrice Donley
Tar Heel
Charlotte
First Baptist Church of
Byrnes Scholarship Winner To Attend State University
A Laurens high school senior won a $2,000 four year Byrnes Foundation scholarship and will enroll at the University of North Carolina as a medicine track freshman. James F Hicks, 17, is top student with 14 A s and 4 B s, and he will graduate in June. Hicks is active in Beta Club dramatics staff the annual student council and music groups. Senator Wilson praised his opportunity to follow in Judge Byrnes footsteps.
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Chapel Hill
Mar
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Roy Armstrong
Laurens
A Stuent
Winthrop College
Laurens High School
Hicks
McDowell
Judge Byrnes
Ralph T
James F. Hicks
S. C
Embassy Dropped From Soviet Mailing List
The United States embassy said it has been removed from the mailing list of about 40 Soviet publications. The magazines, including decrees and official orders, were described as technical in nature. The embassy still receives a similar number of newspapers as before.
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U. S
Moscow
United States
Convicted Murderer to Be Baptized Handcuffed to Minister
In Charleston West Virginia on March 4 a condemned man Harry A. Burdette 26 awaiting execution by electric chair is to be baptized in Sugar creek near Sissonville. He will be handcuffed to the Rev Sam Graley during a brief ceremony after a service at Graley’s church with heavy guard present. Burdette and accomplice were convicted of fatally kicking Edward C O’Brien last summer. The death sentence is set for April 14 though an appeal has been filed. Burdette says he found real satisfaction in religion and carries a Bible constantly.
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Charleston
W. Va
Here
Harry A. Burdette
Sam Graley
Sugar Creek
Sissonville
Burdette
Carson Richards
Graley
Bird to Talk On Cost Of Government
William J. Bird nationally known adviser for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will outline how an 18 dollar payment to every citizen could be funded. He speaks at 1 30 today on WHPE and 8 45 p m tomorrow on WMFR as the Hoover commission findings are discussed. The program promotes economy in federal government with the topic Cutting Government Waste.
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William J. Bird
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
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WMFR
Hoover Commission
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Bird
State Agency Wins President's Trophy for 1949
George D. Davis of New England Mutual Life Insurance reports that Vice President George L. Hunt arrived in Charlotte to inform Archie B. Carroll Jr. that the North Carolina agency earned the President's Trophy for 1949. Mayor Victor Shaw attended a congratulatory luncheon, with formal presentation to follow when the trophy arrives from Oakland. Davis, a Duke graduate and Navy veteran, is active in Boy Scouts and civic groups.
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George D. Davis
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
George L. Hunt
Charlotte
Boston
Archie B. Carroll
North Carolina
Victor Shaw
Hunt
Charlotte Associates
Carroll
Oakland
California
Davis
Duke University
Boy Scout Council
Nathanya Boom Spurs Israeli Growth Along the Med
Nathanya, a Mediterranean coast city north of Tel Aviv, sees 60 new industrial contracts with the municipality. Investment nears 6 million dollars, creating about 2,000 jobs in sectors including a large electric bulb factory and diamond polishing. The text notes Nathanya as Israel's leading diamond center.
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Israe
Tel Aviv
Israel
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